View of the RNZAF camp at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. No. 1 Squadron (No. 10 Servicing Unit) Ventura NZ4521 in foreground. Joins with PR2243 to form a panorama.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit armourers prepare bomb fuses, before loading onto Venturas. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

No. 10 Servicing Unit Ventura being towed by a tractor on Marston mat taxiway. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit armourers loading a decorated bomb into a Ventura. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Nose art 'Slippery Sam'. 4th from left (wearing pith helmet) is Robert Bruce Coyle.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel sitting on bomb trolleys, viewed from beneath a Ventura. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel prepare the fuse on a bomb before loading onto aircraft. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel working on the port engine of a Ventura. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

View of No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel, viewed from beneath a Ventura. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Chevrolet bomb truck in view.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit (?) personnel sitting on bomb trolleys, waving off a taxiing Ventura. Guadalcanal.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel working on the port engine of a Ventura. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

A member of No. 10 Servicing Unit (?) fills his water bottle. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit (?) personnel prepare to load a decorated bomb into a Ventura. Guadalcanal. Top row, 5th from left is Robert Bruce Coyle.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit (?) personnel with a Ventura. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit [?] Electrical Section personnel. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit Safety Equipment Section personnel. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit Engineering Office staff. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit crash tender crew with their tender. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel in front of a Ventura. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit Fuel(?) Section personnel. Emirau.

No. 10 Servicing Unit Armament Section personnel. Emirau.

Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit personnel with a Ventura. Emirau.

Ground crew perform maintenance on No. 10 Servicing Unit Venturas at Emirau. NZ4613 (left) and NZ4607 (behind).

Ground crew preparing to bomb-up and refuel a No. 10 Servicing Unit Ventura at Emirau. GMC fuel tanker tractor MT3066 in front of the aircraft.

Image from the VLV Crawshay album collection. Fuselage of No. 10 Servicing Unit, No. 1 Squadron, Ventura NZ4517 on the back of a truck after the aircraft crashed on takeoff. Base Depot Workshop Detachment at Guadalcanal. Note the Disney Jiminy Cricket nose art on the fuselage.